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Nine Receive Distinguished Alumni Award for Achievements

Cal Poly Pomona honored nine outstanding graduates with the Distinguished Alumni Award, the highest honor given by the Alumni Association, on April 24 at the Sheraton Hotels & Resorts Fairplex. In...

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Standout Professors Receive 2015 Provost’s Awards for Excellence

Professors Jennifer Switkes, Winny Dong and Richard Willson will receive the 2015 Provost’s Awards for Excellence. The awards honor the faculty members’ efforts in teaching, service, and scholarly and...

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Outstanding Academic Advisors Recognized for Dedication

Provost Marten denBoer honored this year’s Outstanding Academic Advisors for their dedication to students at an awards reception on May 5 in the Bronco Student Center’s Ursa Minor. In addition to the...

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Three Summer Camps to Offer Learning and Fun

Children looking for a little adventure this summer can find it at Cal Poly Pomona, thanks to several camps slated to kick off in June. The College of Science and the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center...

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Graduates to Take the Stage at 59th Annual Commencement

More than 5,400 bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree candidates will cross the stage to accept their diplomas at Cal Poly Pomona’s 59th annual commencement ceremonies Friday to Sunday, June 12 to...

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Chemistry Labs Honoring Beloved Professor Unveiled

A Cal Poly Pomona chemistry professor’s legacy came full circle in May, when two state-of-the–art chemistry labs were unveiled in her honor. The newly renovated Chevy Goldstein Physical Chemistry and...

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Cal Poly Pomona Celebrates 59th Annual Commencement

More than 5,400 students participated in the 59th annual commencement ceremonies this past weekend, earning bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees. Videos of the individual commencement ceremonies...

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Program Created to Help Students RISE Gets New Start

Cal Poly Pomona is poised to restart one of its signature programs for getting underrepresented minority students on track to enter doctoral programs in biomedical research. From 2009-2014, the RISE...

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Discovery Camp

Chinese students race hovercraft made from cd’s and balloons during Discover Camp at the College of Science at Cal Poly Pomona. The camp is run by the SEES program.

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Computer Science Scholarship Honors Life of James Lebowitz

A crusade by parents to establish a scholarship in the memory of their late son has been achieved with the inaugural James Lebowitz Memorial Computer Science Scholarship. Thomas Sedlak, a sophomore...

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Gem and Mineral Collection

Roark Moudy speaks during the unveiling ceremony for the Gem and Mineral Collection  Moudy donated to the College of Science.

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Inaugural Summer Research Symposium Attracts Bevy of Topics

Renee Estephan didn’t know much about academic life outside of the biology lab. Not anymore. Since leaving the lab to work on her research project involving water conservation efforts in the grip of a...

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Chinese Students Discover Science at Cal Poly Pomona

A group of 52 visiting Chinese students dissected sharks and got up close and personal with Cal Poly Pomona’s resident spectacled caiman (a crocodile-like repitile) at this summer’s Discovery Camp....

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Fall Conference 2015 to Open With Tribal Blessing

Fall Conference kicks off Monday, Sept. 21, with convocation, a State of the University address from President Soraya M. Coley, and an inaugural blessing from a tribal elder. Kim Marcus (Serrano &...

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Provost’s Award Staff Member of the Year Presented

For over three decades, Doug Johnson has been leaving his mark on Cal Poly Pomona’s Department of Physics and Astronomy through eye-popping demonstrations, a well-supplied stockroom, and clean,...

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Biology Student Awarded for Research on the Relationships of Bees and Watermelon

A recently graduated Cal Poly Pomona alumnus was recognized for his research into how bees pollinate watermelon. At the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Pacific Division’s...

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Long-time Staff Members Honored at Service Awards

At the Service Awards ceremony, the bios of four staff members were accidentally overlooked. In order to celebrate this achievement, the bios are now posted on PolyCentric. Rachiel Lucero 35 years...

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Device Gives Researchers 3-D View of Microscopic World

A high-tech microscope is opening up new worlds to Cal Poly Pomona researchers, allowing them to see tiny structures and creatures in a different way. Typical microscopes provide a two-dimensional view...

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Cyber Security and Awareness Fair Oct. 29 Focuses on Technology and Personal...

How much privacy do you really have? Can your phone be hacked? Can your printer be accessed to spy on you? Ever wonder how to make your wireless devices more secure? The 11th annual Cyber Security and...

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Publication recognizes four Cal Poly Pomona students

Four Cal Poly Pomona students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds have been recognized in a special publication that is presented to the United States Congress. PROUD 2015, a publication of...

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